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Nervous System
How Neurons Keep a Negative Resting Charge
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Neurons keep a negative resting charge across their membrane. This electrical difference, called the membrane potential, comes from how ions move and how the membrane lets them pass. In a resting neuron, the inside is typically around -70 millivolts and is more negative than the outside, so the cell is polarized.
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[Instructor] El potencial de una membrana en reposo
es la diferencia en potencial eléctrico
entre el interior y el exterior de la membrana celular
de neuronas en reposo cuando no están siendo estimuladas.
El valor suele ser alrededor de 70 milivoltios negativos
lo que quiere decir que es m...
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